Archive: April 2002

April 30, 2002

Sprint PCS to Provide Access to Corporate E-Mail

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (Reuters) - Sprint PCS Group (PCS.N), the nation's No. 4 wireless telephone company, on Monday said it...

April 30, 2002

CRN Interview: Jerry Ungerman, Check Point Software Technologies

Checkpoint moves into the SMB space (full story from CRN)...

April 30, 2002

Lexmark Moves Into SMB Space

CRN Lexington, Ky. - 2:44 PM EST Fri., Apr. 19, 2002 As part of a companywide push to increase market...

April 30, 2002

HP Nixes Direct-Sales Plan

CRN Palo Alto, Calif. - 3:12 PM EST Fri., Apr. 19, 2002 On the eve of a seemingly insurmountable proxy...

April 30, 2002

VARs Cash In On SOHO Market

CRN Harrisburg, Pa. - 3:08 PM EST Fri., Apr. 19, 2002 More manufacturers of consumer electronics are turning to the...

April 30, 2002

GoldMine Update On Tap

From CRN: FrontRange to offer e-mail integration, better synchronization FrontRange Solutions said it is updating its popular GoldMine application by...

April 30, 2002

NetLedger Takes Wraps Off New Channel Program

From CRN: CRN San Mateo, Calif. - 4:35 PM EST Thurs., Apr. 18, 2002 NetLedger, an online provider of Oracle's...

April 29, 2002

Infusion Development Corp. Announces Release of the Infusion Antenna for BlackBerry(tm)

NEW YORK - April 29, 2002 -- Infusion Development Corp., a software development, technology training and consulting company specializing in...

April 28, 2002

Virus - I was hit

Well to my shame I was hit (not my personal PC that I use so much - but the PC...

April 25, 2002

Digital River Launches Mobile Commerce Speciality Store for OfficeMax

MINNEAPOLIS, April 25, 2002 - Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), a leading global e-commerce outsource provider, today announced it has...

April 25, 2002

Bachmann Software Introduces Desktop File Management for Palm Powered Devices

Today Bachmann Software is releasing FilePoint Pro, extending its popular FilePoint file management application for Palm OS handhelds to the...

April 24, 2002

Trellix Announces Availability of Assisted Web Site Building Services for Small Business Providers

I've decided to post the entire press release: Partnership With Millennium Care Provides Trellix Partners With High-Margin Web Services CONCORD,...

April 24, 2002

MSNBC: Cancelling your Internet Service Provider

MSNBC had a neat article about how long and the hassle it takes to cancel your Internet Service Provider...

April 22, 2002

Nice article about Wired Mag and its editor in the NY Times

April 22, 2002

Agreement on Computer Recycling

NY Times: Responding to a growing problem of waste computer equipment, manufacturers and local governments have agreed in principle to...

April 22, 2002

NY Times: Pay Features Gather Steam on Web NY Times: Yahoo, which has rolled out 17 paid services to consumers...

April 17, 2002

Smallbiztechnology.com in the news...bCentral.com

9 service businesses to start now. In this dicey economic climate, what service businesses make sense to start? "Businesses still...

April 17, 2002

Intuit Launches Quickbooks Point of Sale today

Check out my review and background information...

April 16, 2002

A PC like you've never seen..

CNet: First there was the pocket calculator. Then there was the pocket organizer. And if start-up OQO gets its way,...

April 16, 2002

NYTime: Handspring Reports Wider Loss

I hope the company doesn't fold.....I use and love the Handspring Visor Prism Full NY Times article...

April 16, 2002

Gateway Delivers More Value With New Wireless Home Network Offers Starting at $249(1) With Installation

SAN DIEGO, Apr 16, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Gateway, Inc. (NYSE: GTW) today rolls out several Wireless Home Network...

April 16, 2002

Business Week: Sharp's New Zaurus is for hard core techies only

Sharp's New Zaurus LS5500 uses the Linux Operating System - not Palm and not Microsoft Windows CE (or Pocket PC)....

April 15, 2002

Var Business: VARS have a "hidden" GoldMine

Mika Yamamoto Krammer, research director of the small and mid size business group at Gartner wrote in the 15 April...

April 15, 2002

Consumers Union to Put Ratings of Web Sites on the Web

Do we need yet another rating sytem though?...

April 15, 2002

Keeping Watch Over Instant Messages

Your instant messages are very vulnerable...

April 15, 2002

Voice-over-DSL maker Jetstream closes

CNet: Jetstream Communications, the top provider of voice-over-broadband technology, has shut its doors because of tough times in the telecommunications...

April 15, 2002

CD-ROM Training Still More Popular Than E-Learning

Addison, Ill.) - April 12, 2002, OneOnOne Computer Training, a Division of Mosaic Media, Inc, polled readers and site visitors...

April 15, 2002

SBA Makes Free Business Planning Software Available At Counseling Centers (U.S. Newswire)

Business planning just became easier with new software available for free use at U.S. Small Business Administration training and...

April 14, 2002

NY Times: Tough Times Linger for Software Industry

April 12, 2002

Microsoft Executive Pledges Ongoing Support for Apple

April 11, 2002

Microsoft, I.B.M. and VeriSign to Cooperate on Web Security

NY Times:Microsoft (news/quote), I.B.M. (news/quote) and VeriSign (news/quote) plan to announce a new technical approach today that they hope will...

April 11, 2002

Microsoft Has Shelved Its Internet 'Persona' Service

NY TimesSAN FRANCISCO, April 10 ó Microsoft (news/quote) has quietly shelved a consumer information service that was once planned as...

April 11, 2002

Seeking Profits, Internet Companies Alter Privacy Policy

NY Times: Pressed for profits, Internet companies are increasingly selling access to their users' postal mail addresses and telephone numbers,...

April 11, 2002

Yahoo, SBC to Offer Services for Small Businesses (Reuters)

Yahoo! Inc and Internet service provider SBC Communications Inc Tuesday announced an expanded partnership to sell Internet services to the...

April 11, 2002

Consumers Adopt Home Networks to Keep up with the Joneses

As the popularity of home networking in the U.S. increases, the demographics of those using the technology are evolving, according...

April 8, 2002

Sony to increase PC prices

CNET: Sony is raising prices on some of its PCs, the latest company to fall victim to increasing component costs....

April 8, 2002

Washington Post: Print checks, save using computer

For several years, I've written and sent checks to people without ordering the checks from a bank or check-printing firm....

April 8, 2002

NY Times: Powerline home networking

NY Times writes about the benefits of home networks via power lines...

April 8, 2002

NY Times: Make Windows Run Faster and other things

NY Times "Q & Q" had a nice article on making Windows run faster and answers to some others questions...

April 8, 2002

Gartner to Dell buyers: Read the fine print

CNET: When negotiating with Dell Computer, companies should look before they leap, according to research firm Gartner. In a research...

April 8, 2002

Intuit Expands Award-Winning Quickbase Service to Meet the Needs of Corporate Workgroups

Enhanced Web-based Service Now Helps Both Corporate Workgroups And Small Businesses Easily Manage Everyday Business Processes And Information -- MOUNTAIN...

April 8, 2002

FileMaker 5.5 database software line units surpass 750,000 in less than a year

Congrats! FileMaker has received rave reviews from many sources - check it out...

April 8, 2002

Oracle small business suite introduces executive dashboard

Gives Small Business Executives Real-Time Information To Make Informed Business Decisions SAN DIEGO, Calif. ORACLE APPSWORLD 2002, April 8, 2002...

April 8, 2002

One Alternative to Bloated, Pricey Microsoft Office

Washington Post: Microsoft Office is cheap to use -- until you actually have to buy a copy. That is, for...

April 8, 2002

NY Times: Microsoft Programmers Focus on Secure Software

Microsoft software is known for the security holes it has. Glad to see MS focussing more on security - but...

April 8, 2002

Upstart Search Engines Try to Topple Google

NY Times: Upstart Search Engines Try to Topple Google...

April 8, 2002

NY Times: Google's Toughest Search Is for a Business Model

April 5, 2002

NY Daily News: Tech Bounce Delayed: Dell

NY Daily News: Dell Computer execs said a tech spending recovery will be pushed back until the end of the...

April 5, 2002

Brigadoon Software Announces Immediate Availability of PC PhoneHome Lite and PC PhoneHome Pro

PC tracking and Security Solutions Help Owners Recover Stolen Computers Nanuet, NY February 28, 2002 Brigadoon Software, Inc., a leading...

April 4, 2002

Fortune Small Business' David Lidsky raps Interland

FSB Davidy Lidsky chastises Interlands customer support in an "open letter" to CEO Joel Kocher. In short, David says that...

April 4, 2002

eWeek: SAP, Oracle, others target small-medium size biz customers

eWeek's 1 April 2002 Reported that German based SAP bought TopManage Financial Solutions, an Israeli company, and is setting up...

April 4, 2002

Washington Times: Microsoft Word Alternatives

Washington Times had a nice piece on MS Word alternatives - and announcing that Sun will start charging for Star...

April 4, 2002

NY Times: Sharp Zaurus is reborn

The NY Times: The original Sharp (news/quote) Zaurus organizer was introduced a few years before the Palm and Pocket PC-based...

April 2, 2002

Peachtree and Act! hookup

For those of you who use contact management king Act! you now have a reason to use accounting program Peachtree....

April 2, 2002

SilentFrog.com - help for small businesses

If you are looking for someone to help out in your business (or home). Check out SilentFrog.com. I used this...

April 2, 2002

Report: Few Small Businesses Prepared For Disaster

Internet WeekA big majority of small and midsize businesses (SMB) are ill prepared for major business interruptions such as those...

April 2, 2002

Quickbooks Enterprise Solutions and Employee Organizer Launches

I've taken a sneak peak at Intuit's latest product - it's solid (like you'd expect from Intuit); reasonably prices, and...